JAMMU: Boys teams in two disciplines of volleyball and taekwondo on Saturday left for participation in the Khelo India national level competition to be held at Chennai from 31st January to 5th February.
The teams were flagged off by Joint Secretary of the J and K State Sports Council, Shiv Kumar Sharma, who was accompanied by Sports Officer, Rajan Sharma. Speaking to the boys, Shiv Kumar encouraged them to do well in the competition ahead and also interact with their counterparts from other states so as to improve their knowledge base.
Earlier, these boys were selected on the basis of Khelo India exposure coaching camps which were held at districts of Poonch, Rajouri, Kathua, Samba and Jammu under the banner of J and K State Sports Council.
Taekwondo Team: Soham Sharma, Pragun Sharma, Achutam Dev Singh Manhas, Vaibhav Abrol, Tushar Gupta, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Shiv Kumar, Raghav Mehra, Aryan Gupta and Chetan Sharma.